Saturday, May 30, 2009

Nieman Suspends Narrative Conference

Ouch! Journalism's financial woes are spreading to peripheral organizations. Money troubles have led the Nieman Foundation to suspend its annual Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. According to the Boston Globe, the foundation will get 8 percent less in endowment payments for its next fiscal year, beginning July 1. The foundation is taking other cost-cutting measures as well, such as having fewer Nieman fellows and scaling back its Nieman Reports.